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Should I ship an Alien Creature Collector?
Creature Collector + Aliens
Of 23 developers who shipped an Alien Creature Collector in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 33 more are announced, ×3.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $600, level with the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50; 1 in 20 cleared $18k, ×30 the market median. Revenue is up 10% on the market; 33 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $599 (exactly $599) |
| Top 25% | $2.4k (exactly $2,399) |
| Top 5% | $19k (exactly $18,591) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 23 |
| Released games | 51 |
| Announced | 33 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
momentum: how a niche's revenue percentiles and developer count moved between two equal, adjacent periods, divided by the market's own move. See method., 12 months: revenue up 10% on the market, supply 25% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Creature Collector
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Aliens
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Creature Collector; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Exploration, Survival
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $16.99 or above
- Art
- 3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Stylized, 2D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $16.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 83% positive over 566 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 in 10 of the 15 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 33 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Creature Collector with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Perma DeathFair
- + Bullet HellFair
- + CapitalismFair
- + LootFair
- + IdlerFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + Action RoguelikeFair
- + SpaceFair
- + ZombiesFair
- + ArcadeFair
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + Dating SimPoor odds
Comparable games
Loddlenaut 2023 · $2.3M 
Space Accident VR 2025 · $118k 
Dofamine VR 2025 · $52k 
Ghost Signal: A Stellaris Game 2023 · $31k 
Xenowars 2024 · $19k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Loddlenaut | older | $19.99 | 3,832 98% | 115k | $2.3M (exactly $2,298,050) | Moon Lagoon |
| | Space Accident VR | $16.99 | 231 82% | 6.9k | $118k (exactly $117,741) | VR-WRG | |
| | Dofamine VR | $9.99 | 173 82% | 5.2k | $52k (exactly $51,848) | VR-WRG | |
| | Ghost Signal: A Stellaris Game | older | $9.99 | 104 93% | 3.1k | $31k (exactly $31,169) | Windswept Interactive, Fast Travel Games |
| | Xenowars | $19.99 | 31 83% | 930 | $19k (exactly $18,591) | Strategeion Studios | |
 | 100 hidden dogs | older | $0.99 | 552 93% | 17k | $16k (exactly $16,394) | Anatoliy Loginovskikh, Аlexandr Telminov |
 | Gas Giant Voyage | $7.99 | 60 91% | 1.8k | $14k (exactly $14,382) | 1023 Technology | |
 | 100 hidden aliens | older | $0.99 | 481 86% | 14k | $14k (exactly $14,286) | Anatoliy Loginovskikh, Khud0 |
 | Search of Galaxy | · EA older | $9.99 | 25 52% | 750 | $7.5k (exactly $7,492) | DRAGONnoid |
 | Witchcrafter The TCG | $15.99 | 12 83% | 360 | $5.8k (exactly $5,756) | Spear Group Limited | |
 | GLOOPALAXY | $4.99 | 31 96% | 930 | $4.6k (exactly $4,641) | Felis Major | |
 | Mission: Rift seeker | $19.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $2.4k (exactly $2,399) | OneManGames | |
 | Planet Hoarders | · EA | $7.99 | 10 60% | 300 | $2.4k (exactly $2,397) | Imago Games |
 | Melting Encyclopedia | $4.99 | 10 90% | 300 | $1.5k (exactly $1,497) | Ivanka Wolpman | |
 | Alien Battlefield | $9.99 | 4 0% | 120 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | TapfunGame |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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